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Ballyseedy townland and Ballycarty townland on
1829 to 1842 map.
Old Ballyseedy is at the W end of Ballyseedy Wood.
New Ballyseedy is at the E end of Ballyseedy Wood (entrance off the E side road).
Ballycarty is E of the E side road.

Locations

Ballyseedy Wood
is SE of Tralee, Co.Kerry,
S off the
main Tralee-Killarney road, on the small River Lee.
There is a side turning off this main road at the E end of the wood,
which I shall call the E side road.

Ballyseedy townland, Ballyseedy par,
is the area W of the E side road.
It covers from the W end of the wood to the E end of the wood
(at the E side road).
Ballyseedy Bridge over the river
is at the E edge of Ballyseedy townland,
on the E side road.
In Ballyseedy townland:

Old Ballyseedy
(two ruined buildings)
is at the W end of the wood, in the NW end of
Ballyseedy townland.

New Ballyseedy
(formerly called Elm Grove or Elmgrove)
is at the E end of the wood, in the NE end of
Ballyseedy townland,
off the E side road.
On the E side road is
the 19th century Protestant Ballyseedy church,
with the old ruined Ballyseedy church.

Ballycarty townland (or sometimes Ballycarthy), Ballyseedy par,
is the area E of the E side road.
Ballycarty Bridge over the river (or Ballycarty Cross)
is at the NE corner of Ballycarty townland,
on the main road.
In Ballycarty townland:

During the Civil War,
Ballyseedy crossroads was the scene of a
massacre of Republican prisoners
by Free State troops
in Mar 1923.
There is now a
huge monument to this on the main road.
See street view.

There is also a small monument just outside the Ballyseedy House gates
to a Republican who died earlier in the Civil War, Sept 1922.
See street view.

Ballyseedy Wood is a last remnant of Co.Kerry's original forest cover.

Ballyseedy Wood is now owned by Kerry County Council
and is open to the public for recreation.